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Tokyo Olympics begin with muted ceremony and empty stadium

TOKYO – Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadi...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

From comfort to high-tech: Food a serious quest at Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – First, U.S. snowboarding star Chloe Kim tweeted about being “down for some ice cream” while competing in Pyeongchang, then about being “hangry” because she hadn’t ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

With extraordinary political optics, Winter Olympics begin

Koreas show unity as Games open

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Sports

As Olympics approach, things to know about Pyeongchang

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – The Olympics are coming to one of the most remote, ruggedly beautiful parts of South Korea, an area known for icy winds, a collapsed mining industry, towering gran...

DATE: Jan 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

The cold returns for Winter Games in mountainous Pyeongchang

Warm weather not an issue for 2018

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Cold War drama caught on video as N. Korean soldier escapes

SEOUL, South Korea – It’s 3:11 p.m. on a cold, gray day on the North Korean side of the most heavily armed border in the world, and a lone soldier is racing toward freedom. His da...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea says it has loaded H-bomb onto ICBM

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new intercontinental ballistic missile, Pyongyang’s state media said Sunday, a claim to t...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea: New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Monday the missile it launched over the weekend was a new type of “medium long-range” ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear warhead. A jubilan...

DATE: May 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea praises rocket; others view as covert missile test

SEOUL, South Korea – For North Korea’s propaganda machine, the long-range rocket launch Sunday carved a glorious trail of “fascinating vapor” through the clear blue sky. For South Korea’s pr...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea says it tested H-bomb, though advance doubted

SEOUL, South Korea – Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test – a powerful, self-proclaimed “H-bomb of justice” tha...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea powerful temptation for some

Many Americans feel drawn to enter ‘forbidden country’

DATE: Sep 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea explodes myth of unchallenged Kim dynasty

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s propaganda machine has long kept alive the myth of a serene, all-powerful ruling dynasty that enjoyed universal love and support at home. In a single strok...

DATE: Dec 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World